Pvc vs Extrasystole - What's the difference?
pvc | extrasystole | Synonyms |
(organic compound) p'oly'''v'''inyl ' c hloride
(medicine) p'remature '''v'''entricular ' c ontraction of the heart
(medicine) p'eripheral '''v'''enous ' c atheter
(networking) p'ermanent '''v'''irtual ' c ircuit
(medicine) A premature contraction of the heart, producing an interruption or irregularity in heartbeat rhythm, associated with heart disease or the use of some pharmaceuticals.
*1914 , Thomas Lewis et al.'', "The Excitatory Process in the Dog's Heart," ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, containing Papers of a Biological Character , vol. 205, p. 404:
*:An extrasystole originating at the rhythmic centre is thus followed by a returning cycle of natural length.
*2005', Gian-Battista Chierchia MD ''et al.'', "Arrhythmia Rounds: A Case of Junctional '''Extrasystoles ?" ''Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology , vol. 16, no. 5, p. 557:
*:A 30-year-old woman, with no heart disease, was referred to our center with a history of rare episodes of sustained tachycardia and frequent feeling of extrasystoles .
Extrasystole is a synonym of pvc.
In medicine terms the difference between pvc and extrasystole
is that pvc is peripheral venous catheter while extrasystole is a premature contraction of the heart, producing an interruption or irregularity in heartbeat rhythm, associated with heart disease or the use of some pharmaceuticals.As an initialism PVC
is polyvinyl chloride.As a noun extrasystole is
a premature contraction of the heart, producing an interruption or irregularity in heartbeat rhythm, associated with heart disease or the use of some pharmaceuticals.pvc
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(Initialism) (head)References
* (organic chemistry) Bashford, David.Thermoplastics: Directory and databook; ISBN 9780412733505. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.
